---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT"
description: "Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s pension benefit if that individual is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a felony sex crime related to their public office or public employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3296"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3296 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Gallo", "Gu", "Murray", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-05-15"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2899f72b-6831-4794-a860-e7b56d785151"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b586d08b9830b2810f527d76810a626632a41e5af811a2d8acbed753ea4183fd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 3296 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT

Authorizes the state retirement board to revoke or reduce an individual’s pension benefit if that individual is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a felony sex crime related to their public office or public employment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **3296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3296.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Committee transferred to Senate Finance
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2899f72b-6831-4794-a860-e7b56d785151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).